Acronyms
List of abbreviations, acronyms and terms
| AAT | Administrative Appeals Tribunal | |
| AMICA | Australian Maritime Industry Compensation Agency Ltd,the trustee for AMICF | |
| AMICF | Australian Maritime Industry Compensation Foundation | |
| AMMA | Australian Mines and Metals Association | |
| AMSA | Australian Maritime Safety Authority | |
| ARTW Monitor | Australasian Return To Work Monitor | |
| ASA | Australian Shipowners Association | |
| BTE | Bureau of Transport Economics | |
| CBR | Crew to berth ratio | |
| CPM | Comparative Performance Monitoring (report) | |
| DEWR | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | |
| ESD | Employee and Ship Details report — the Seacare scheme employer on-line data reporting system | |
| FMA Act | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 | |
| FPSO | Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Facility | |
| Frequency rate | The injury frequency rate — a nationally recognised outcome indicator of OHS performance — denoted as the number of workers' compensation claims per million hours worked | |
| FSC | Flag State Control (inspections) | |
| FTE | Full time equivalent | |
| Hours worked (adjusted) |
Hours worked data used throughout the Seacare Authority Annual Report which has been adjusted by employers at the time of reporting to the Seacare Authority to reflect a 12 hour working day in the bluewater sector and a 14 hour working day in the offshore sector, for data comparability purposes | |
| Hours worked (unadjusted) |
Hours worked data used in specific section of the Seacare Authority Annual Report which has not been adjusted by employers at the time of reporting to the Seacare Authority — this hours worked data reflects the actual reporting used by each employer, generally reflecting a 24 hour working day for each day a seafarer is on board. The distinctions are important as hours worked is the divisor for establishing the scheme injury frequency rate | |
| HWCA | Heads of Workers' Compensation Authorities (formerly Heads of Workplace Safety and Compensation Authorities — HWSCA) | |
| Incidence rate | The injury incidence rate — a nationally recognised outcome indicator of OHS performance — denoted as the number of workers' compensation claims per 1 000 employees (seafarers) | |
| Inspectorate | The OHS Inspectorate managed by AMSA under the OHS(MI) Act | |
| ISM Code | International Safety Management Code | |
| Levy Act | Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Levy Act 1992 | |
| Levy Collection Act |
Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Levy Collection Act 1992 |
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| Long tail claims | Claims of more than one year duration | |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | |
| NDS | National Data Set — a set of nationally agreed data specifications for the supply of workers' compensation data to NOHSC for CPM reporting and other data reporting purposes | |
| Navigation Act | Navigation Act 1912 | |
| NOHSC | National Occupational Health and Safety Commission | |
| OHS | Occupational Health and Safety | |
| OHS(MI) Act | Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993 | |
| PBS | Portfolio Budget Statement | |
| PSL Act | Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 | |
| RTW | Return to Work | |
| SMG | Seacare Management Group (the unit supporting the Seacare Authority and the Seacare function) | |
| Seacare News | The Seacare Authority's periodic newsletter to stakeholders | |
| Seafarers Safety Net Fund |
The safety net Fund (the Fund) established by Division 2 of Part 7 of the Seafarers Act | |
| Seacare | The trading name or abbreviation to describe the Seacare scheme | |
| Seacare Authority | Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority | |
| Seacare scheme | The scheme of workers' compensation, rehabilitation and return to work established by the Seafarers Act, as well as the arrangements for occupational health and safety under the OHS(MI) Act | |
| Seafarers Act | Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 | |
| Sea Safe-Work | The Seacare Authority Awards program, recognising outstanding Awards OHS and rehabilitation performance |
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| SPISIC | Safety Performance Indicators for the Shipping Industry Committee | |
| Taylor Fry | Taylor Fry Pty Ltd (an actuarial consultant contracted to the Seacare Authority) | |
| The Guide | A Guide to Reporting: Employers/Operators | |
| Tiwi Barge | A decision of the Federal Court in Tiwi Barge Services Pty Ltd v Julie Anne Stark [1997] 874 FCA | |
| TOOCS | Types of Occurrence Classification System — a set of nationally agreed specifications for coding of workers' compensation claims data and OHS incident data | |
| WRMC | Workplace Relations Ministers' Council |